Forgive Me, I Beg Poem by Kurt Philip Behm

Forgive Me, I Beg



I said goodbye today….
saying for months
what I'd been trying to say

Alone in the throng
staring down at the hole
they had laid you upon

I remember
the laughter
and the joy that we shared

I remember
the promise
that we made on a dare

"Never
to end up like this, "
we had taken the same vow

Each
empowering the other
to end it before now

I could not
pull that plug
or flush down that drain

The guilt
hanging heavy,
the memory left stained

I hope
you now see me
from a much better place

And take pity
on my failing
my one great disgrace

The backhoe
is coming,
the mourners have gone

Please forgive me
I beg,
I'll be with you before long

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February,2018)

Sunday, February 25, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: death of a friend
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